10/14/04 Well, the R1 has become the victim of my current selling spree. The new owner picked it up today, with only 1063 miles on the clock - but these were FUN miles :)

I've learned a lot with the R, and one of the things I learned is that I still have a long ways to go as a rider. Even though I started pushing the bike a bit, it was way more than I could reasonably use. My lap times were only a couple seconds faster than on the 748 and the Yamaha is a MUCH faster machine. I somehow get the feeling that by learning to ride the 748 better I should be able to match those lap times and finally get below 1:20. That'll be the goal next year. We'll see how it goes.